Perennial Sweet Pea - when should they start flowering?
Last post 18-06-2008 12:43 PM by bogweevil. 6 replies.
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14/06/2008 08:38 PM
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- ymv13
- Essex
- 09 Oct 2005
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I purchased some bare root perenial Sweet Peas at the end of March and planted them out within a few days (kept them protected at night for the first month).
They started growing well, but growth seems to have more or less stopped. They are currenly 10 inches high and nothing really seems to be happening. I expected them to be travelling up my trellis and buds starting to form by now. I have watered them regularly (apart from whern mother nature has done the watering for us in recent weeks) and have fed them every 2 weeks with Miracle Grow)
Am I expecting to much, or should they have started to bloom by now?
Many thanks
Yve
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15/06/2008 07:46 AM
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Funily enough my Sugar Snap Peas "Sugar Ann" are misbehaving in a similar manner. Normally I would have abundant flower and even some pealets by now but although using seeds from my normal supplier all I have some sturdy looking plants and nothing else. Its probably the weather or lack of it but maybe the excellent contributor to this forum Mr Bogsworthia will, in due course, have some observations for our consideration and eventual comfort
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15/06/2008 12:10 PM
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- Susiq
- Northumberland
- 16 Feb 2008
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I hope he does make some obbos - mine (from last year) are now approx 4 foot tall without a pealet in sight!? I know we are behind up here in the North, but I really thought I would have had some flowers by now
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15/06/2008 12:32 PM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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I think the perennial sweetpeas can take a while to get going. In about six years time though, they'll have taken over half your garden! (that's the pink and white ones I'm referring to - the scented blue seems impossible to grow.)
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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15/06/2008 12:48 PM
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- sue1002
- Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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I started some perennial sweet peas off from seed this year and they took forever to germinate compared with the annual sweet peas. After hardening the plants off and planting them out into the garden about six weeks ago they are doing ok growthwise but no sign of any flowers yet. Now next door's front garden is a bit of a jungle, they have never, ever planted anything in it and they have one of these plants in full flower so the answer might live with the soil, perhaps feeding them is not a good idea.
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18/06/2008 10:33 AM
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- Figwort
- Peterborough
- 20 Dec 2007
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I think all legumes - peas, beans and others (including wisteria!) - are having problems this year. My cropping peas seem OK, producing a crop but a bit stunted, runner beans are just sitting there without growing up the poles. My perennial sweet pea, on the other hand, did make a lot of growth early on but again is sulking a bit now - although I can see flower buds. I think we can put it down to poor light levels (where's the sun gone?) and cool weather after a warmer period earlier on, which did produce a surge of growth. It's always great when you can blame the weather rather than one's own growing expertise!
There are never any problems in gardening - just opportunities!
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18/06/2008 12:43 PM
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Bare root perennial Sweet Peas at the end of March: Probably just a planting check. Watering is likely to be the key – they will have little root yet, but being very robust will probably survive. Sugar Snap Peas "Sugar Ann" – cold, wet soil is the probable cause. Peas actually do well in cool weather, but wet soil and cold nights up to now might have slowed them down especially if clay soils are involved - they hate wet soil worse than almost anything. perennial sweet peas off from seed this year and they took forever to germinate: These may well have even thicker, harder seed coats than ordinary sweet peas and careful nicking the seed coat might speed up germination
My own sweet peas have run out of steam and here the cold wet soil is likely to be involved, so a sprinkling of sulphate of ammonia will be given to help the plant grow more leaves that will help it grow more roots that will support more flowers. This should be unnecessary for garden peas or perennial peas, but can work wonders on french and runner beans too - these fix little nitrogen of their own compared to garden peas.
Boggy
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